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Ashanti recounts being followed and harassed for years by convicted stalker: 'It changed my life'

Ashanti opens up about being stalked for several years and being forced to attend numerous trials, including one in which her stalker was allowed to cross-examined the "Baby" singer himself.

"I have some of the most amazing fans in the world, so I always try to be gracious, I always try to be courteous," the "Baby" singer said on "Stalking the Stars," the April 28 episode of the Investigation Discovery docuseries Hollywood Demons, "but it does get a bit invasive." "In 2009, I was actually playing Dorothy in The Wiz on Broadway, and my mom was getting these pictures, texts," Ashanti, now 44, said, describing messages from an unknown man expressing his desire to "be together." The sender also commented on the singer's various live performances, singled out for scorn her relationship with the rapper Nelly, and even sought an invitation to her home, according to the docuseries.

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